
Advanced R
Hadley Wickham(Author)
CRC Press
1st Edition
Published on 21. August 2017
Book
Hardback
978-1-138-46932-7 (ISBN)
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Description
An Essential Reference for Intermediate and Advanced R Programmers
Advanced R presents useful tools and techniques for attacking many types of R programming problems, helping you avoid mistakes and dead ends. With more than ten years of experience programming in R, the author illustrates the elegance, beauty, and flexibility at the heart of R.
The book develops the necessary skills to produce quality code that can be used in a variety of circumstances. You will learn:
The fundamentals of R, including standard data types and functions
Functional programming as a useful framework for solving wide classes of problems
The positives and negatives of metaprogramming
How to write fast, memory-efficient code
This book not only helps current R users become R programmers but also shows existing programmers what`s special about R. Intermediate R programmers can dive deeper into R and learn new strategies for solving diverse problems while programmers from other languages can learn the details of R and understand why R works the way it does.
Advanced R presents useful tools and techniques for attacking many types of R programming problems, helping you avoid mistakes and dead ends. With more than ten years of experience programming in R, the author illustrates the elegance, beauty, and flexibility at the heart of R.
The book develops the necessary skills to produce quality code that can be used in a variety of circumstances. You will learn:
The fundamentals of R, including standard data types and functions
Functional programming as a useful framework for solving wide classes of problems
The positives and negatives of metaprogramming
How to write fast, memory-efficient code
This book not only helps current R users become R programmers but also shows existing programmers what`s special about R. Intermediate R programmers can dive deeper into R and learn new strategies for solving diverse problems while programmers from other languages can learn the details of R and understand why R works the way it does.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
880 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-46932-7 (9781138469327)
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